CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_ Reported by Kevin Gamiel/MCNC - CNIDR Minutes of the Integration of Internet Information Resources Working Group (IIIR) The ``Vision'' Document A paragraph should be added to the ``Vision of an Integrated Internet Information Service'' document (draft-ietf-iiir-vision) stating that the vision is that of Peter Deutsch and Chris Weider, not of the group. Chris will add this paragraph before the document expires. Chris will also add concepts taken from Universal Network Interface To Everything (UNITE) as suggested by Jill Foster. Resource Transponders The transponder document, ``Resource Transponders'' (draft-ietf-iiir-transponders), needs similar action. A paragraph needs to be added stating that it is one vision, but not that of the entire group. This document must be updated before expiring as well. Z39.50 Over TCP/IP Cliff Lynch discussed his Z39.50 over TCP document once again. There was no disagreement from the group in submitting the paper as an RFC. He will, however, post the most recent changes to the mailing list first. WAIS and Z39.50 There were no comments on Margaret St. Pierre's document ``WAIS over Z39.50-1988'' (draft-ietf-iiir-wais) and it will be submitted as an Informational RFC. Brewster Kahle discussed a paper soon to come on the WAIS profile based on Z39.50-1992. Format Types Registry Keith Moore discussed the types registry. RFC 1590 describes the process for ``registering'' types. RFC 1590 gives details on how to actually register. Requests to join the ietf-types@server.path.net list should be sent to listserv@server.path.net. There is a security field to indicate if there is or is not a security risk for the type name. HTML/HTTP Chris Weider discussed the current state of the HTML and HTTP documents. The HTML document, ``Hypertext Markup Language (HTML): A Representation of Textual Information and MetaInformation for Retrieval and Interchange'' (draft-ietf-iiir-html), has been out for discussion. The HTTP document, ``Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) A Stateless Search, Retrieve and Manipulation Protocol'' (draft-ietf-iiir-http), has not been submitted to the process yet. Tim Berners-Lee would like HTML and HTTP to be Informational RFCs similar to the Gopher0 document. Information Infrastructure The issue of revising the charter was discussed. It was agreed that a starting point for a charter could be the outcome of work being done by Karen Sollins and Larry Manister on a requirements document for a global information infrastructure. What common ground can be claimed (which protocols can be shared)? UR*s are a valid, firm beginning. Jill Foster suggested working more closely with librarians. Craig Summerhill suggests working with he and CNI on determining a proper set of participants. Karen Sollins discussed some of the problems involved in defining the components required for an information infrastructure, and explained that the big picture, an integrated information infrastructure, is what needs to be looked at. First cut at a list of services: service location, security, caching/republication, URN!URL/URC, retrieval (multiple protocols), retrieval ``engine'' (pass it a URL and it gives you the object or a gateway location), gateways, definition server (IANA) (might return the type information), update module (transponders), payments/charging/accounting, coding/translation (GIF to TIFF, etc.), presentation, and modification of services (added by Cliff Newman). Karen will develop these items into a draft for submission to the list for discussion. Mitra suggests a functionality review of the items and to narrow the scope. Chris Weider, Keith Moore, Mitra, Luc Boulianne, Karen Sollins, and Larry Manister will be working on that. The European Commission has asked the team to define a set of tasks for infrastructure development. Erik Huizer will post the results of the team to IIIR as a basis, which is somewhat parallel to Karens, in order to avoid overlap. Most of the European Commission's 12 billion US dollars will be put toward telephony infrastructure, with 50 million US dollars toward advanced applications. Gopher The Gopher+ specification will be cleaned up at the next GopherCon and will be submitted by Mark as an Informational RFC. Attendees Farhad Anklesaria fxa@boombox.micro.umn.edu Alexis Bor bora@ct.si.cs.boeing.com Sepideh Boroumand sepideh@jacks.gsfc.nasa.gov Luc Boulianne lucb@bunyip.com Mic Bowman Ronald Broersma ron@nosc.mil Michael Carroll br.mjc@rlg.stanford.edu Jodi-Ann Chu jodi@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu Jim Conklin jbc@bitnic.educom.edu Dante Delucia dante@usc.edu Donald Eastlake dee@lkg.dec.com Alan Emtage bajan@bunyip.com Robert Enger enger@seka.reston.ans.net Patrik Faltstrom paf@nada.kth.se Jill Foster Jill.Foster@newcastle.ac.uk Lois Frampton frampton@mitre.org Paul Francis francis@cactus.slab.ntt.jp Thane Frivold frivold@erg.sri.com Kevin Gamiel kgamiel@cnidr.org Arlene Getchell getchell@es.net Anders Gillner awg@sunet.se Judith Grass grass@cnri.reston.va.us Sally Hambridge sallyh@ludwig.intel.com Deborah Hamilton debbieh@internic.net Darren Hardy hardy@cs.colorado.edu Art Harkin ash@cup.hp.com Alisa Hata hata@cac.washington.edu Roland Hedberg Roland.Hedberg@umdac.umu.se Jeff Hodges hodges@jessica.stanford.edu Alex Hopmann alex.hopmann@resnova.com Tim Howes tim@umich.edu Richard Huber rvh@ds.internic.net Erik Huizer Erik.Huizer@SURFnet.nl Brewster Kahle Brewster@wais.com Jim Knowles jknowles@binky.arc.nasa.gov Mark Kosters markk@internic.net Robert Kummerfeld bob@cs.su.oz.au John Kunze jak@violet.berkeley.edu Sylvain Langlois Sylvain.Langlois@der.edf.fr Walter Lazear lazear@gateway.mitre.org Paul Leach paulle@microsoft.com Clifford Lynch calur@uccmvsa.ucop.edu Glenn Mansfield glenn@aic.co.jp Janet L. Marcisak jlm@ftp.com April Marine april@atlas.arc.nasa.gov Marilyn Martin martin@netcom.ubc.ca Larry Masinter masinter@parc.xerox.com Mark McCahill mpm@boombox.micro.umn.edu James McKinney jmck@americast.com Mitra mitra@pandora.sf.ca.us Keith Moore moore@cs.utk.edu Kim Morla kmorla@pucp.edu.pe Clifford Neuman bcn@isi.edu Paul-Andre Pays pays@faugeres.inria.fr Pete Percival percival@indiana.edu George Phillips phillips@cs.ubc.ca John Romkey romkey@elf.com Steven Russert srussert@atc.boeing.com Srinivas Sataluri sri@internic.net Rickard Schoultz schoultz@sunet.se Jane Smith Jane.Smith@cnidr.org Mark Smith mcs@umich.edu Karen Sollins sollins@lcs.mit.edu Milan Sova sova@feld.cvut.cz Craig Summerhill craig@cni.org Dave Thompson davet@ncsa.uiuc.edu Aleks Totic atotic@ncsa.uiuc.edu Phil Wintering pvw@americast.com